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MAY 09 - 14, 2016 |
Dr. Ananth Prabhu interacts with PM Narendra Modi
 
Dr. Ananth Prabhu, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering interacted with the Honorable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi on the 8th of May 2016 at the international airport at Mangalore. During his interaction, Dr. Ananth Prabhu briefed about project-based learning, research and the various unique initiatives taken up by Sahyadri for the betterment of society in the field of higher education.
AEROPHILIA 2016: A National Level Aero Modeling Competition
 
The most awaited event a two-day National Level Aero Modeling Competition for undergraduate students of the entire country “AEROPHILIA” organized by team Challengers and Dreamers from Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management was inaugurated by three eminent personalities Mr. A.V. Aravindh, a Controls Engineer and presently working as a Systems Engineer for the Light Combat Aircraft, LCA-Tejas Program at Aeronautical Development Agency, Mr. Chinmaya, an Electronics Engineer working on the avionics systems of LCA-Tejas at ADA and Dr. Pavana Prabhakar, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas. Mr. Mehtab Hussain, Aerotrix Engineer and Mr. Gopa Kumar Team Lead, Aerotrix were part of the inaugural ceremony. The invited guests opened the competition by flagging off the Aerophilia Flag in the aircraft controlled by Mr. Vishal Rao, Member, Mangalore Flying Club. Mr. J. P. Rao also of the Mangalore Flying Club was part of the inaugural function.
Mr. A. V. Aravindh also gave technical talks on the importance of RC Modeling, the various career paths available and the importance of aero modeling in the development of the nation.
An Air Show was conducted by Mangalore flying club and Aerotrix, Bangalore. The air show provided a multitude of learning experiences in mathematics, history, arts/graphics and science. Many competitors from all over India took part in the Aero Modeling Competition and showcased their talents. The competition attracted the nation’s aero modelling enthusiasts to Mangalore. The students of Vikas P U College visited the campus to witness the Aerophilia -2016 event. During their visit, they interacted with the IIT students who were participants of Aerophilia and gained insight into aero modelling.
Team Challengers also conducted Paperplane flying competition, Flight Simulation and Rubik’s cube for the viewers and also the guests.
  
The participating teams designed a radio controlled aircraft with the limitations regulated in its dimension and the power system. The aircraft is validated by its maneuverability and maximum payload carrying capacity, which will be tested in two successive rounds. A total of seven teams participated which included premier institutes like IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur and other colleges from Mangalore.
Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Sahaydri College of Engineering & Management, Dr. D L Prabhakar, Director, Sahaydri Educational Isntitutions, Mr. Devadas Hegde, Mr. Jagannath Chowta, Trustees, Bhandary Foundation, Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal, Prof. Umashankar B.S., Dean Academic, Dr. C K Manjunatha, Administrator, HoDs, faculty members, parents and students from various colleges were present on the occasion.
This event is conducted by Team Challengers and Dreamers of Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management; a group of students passionate about aeronautics and robotics and had participated in SAE International Aero Design Competition 2016 held at Fort Worth, Texas, USA, Boeing Aero Modeling Competition and various other aero modeling competitions.
The Aerophilia 2016 winners will be honored with cash prizes of INR 50,000, INR 30,000, INR15,000 for the Champion, the First and Second runner up, respectively. Two teams will also receive consolation prizes of INR 5,000 each.
 
On Day-2 of Aerophilia 2016, IIT Kanpur, NITK Surathkal, AISSMS, Delhi Public School and Mt. Carmel High School was shortlisted during the second round of the flying competition. Winners were selected based on flight scene formula. The IITians and students had an interactive session and two young competitors showed that with passion there is nothing that cannot be achieved. The Maze Runner Competitions were also held during the second round of the Aero Modelling Competition.
  
At the valedictory of Aerophilia 2016, Honourable Minister for Higher Education,Karnataka, Mr. Kimmane Ratnakar was the Chief Guest, Dr. Hansraj Alva, renowned physician of Mangalore, Mr. A.V. Aravindh, a Controls Engineer and presently working as a Systems Engineer for the Light Combat Aircraft, LCA-Tejas Program at Aeronautical Development Agency, Mr. Chinmaya, an Electronics Engineer working on the avionics systems of LCA-Tejas at ADA, Mr. Mehtab Hussain, Aerotrix Engineer and Mr. Gopa Kumar, Team Lead, Aerotrix, were the Guests of Honour. The winners were felicitated by the dignitaries during the valedictory function.
In his address to the gathering, Mr. Kimmane Ratnakar congratulated all the winners. He said that the world is very wide with plenty of competitions which they should utilize. Science is very important for today’s environment. Life is still more important. Money and science are instruments for life. He thanked everyone for giving him the opportunity to be present on the occasion.
Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Mr. Jagannath Chowta, Trustee, Bhandary Foundation Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal, Prof. Balakrishna S.S., Vice Principal, Dr. C. K. Manjunath, Administrator, HODs, faculty, parents, and students were present on the occasion.
Mr. Shravan Shetty, Astrophysicist from University of Oxford, UK visits Sahyadri
 
Mr. Shravan Shetty, pursuing Doctor of Philosophy, from University of Oxford visited Sahyadri and interacted with the faculty members. As committed to the institute, he made a visit to Sahyadri and addressed on the various aspects of Astrophysics. Though the audience was novice, he presented the topic in a very simple manner that everyone was able to understand it well. He introduced the topic with the planets and stars and went into the galaxies through his visionary telescope and made the theories of Big-Bang, and Black hole an enjoyable session.
He then took up the discussion with the students and answered all their queries. He made the audience realize the word of "passion and commitment" in any discipline. He assured total support to connect all interested faculty members and students for their interaction with the foreign universities of his contact as well as to appraise them on projects and proposals from varied funding agencies.
Later, he interacted with the members of DTLabz. He gave a brief idea on how project-oriented learning over marks-oriented learning can help students get into major universities. He appreciated the initiatives of DTlabz in encouraging students on innovation and invention. He assured to be a source of connection for students to help pursue their higher studies abroad.
He also appreciated Sahyadri for supporting such activities within the institution. He was optimistic of the professional growth of Sahyadri considering the diverse areas of project-based learning, hands-on experience and focused research in tandem with industry interactions. Mr. Shetty is going to pursue his post doctoral studies at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Mr. G. R. Venkatesh Regional Manager The Hindu Visits Sahyadri
 Mr. G. R. Venkatesh, Regional General Manager, The Hindu, Mangalore, visited Sahyadri and interacted with the Chairman, Mr. Manjunath Bhandary. The Administrator, Dr. C. K. Manjunath and Mr. Lokesh, Asst. Professor from the Department of Business Administration were present during the interaction. He was briefed about the vision of the campus and the efforts that are put in to implement it practically through programs such as SSTH, SPSS and WhizQuiz. Mr. Venkatesh went around the institute and appreciated the management's efforts in providing the ambience best suited for learning. He was impressed to witness the projects developed by the students at campus. He was happy to see the progress made by the institute in a very short span of time. During his visit he had an interaction with the members of DTlabz.
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Mr. A.V. Aravindh and Mr. Chinmaya hold Interactive Workshop for Students during AEROPHILIA 2016
Mr. Aravindh and Mr Chinmay, Engineers for Light Combat Aircraft, LCA-Tejas Program at Aeronautical Development Agency and guests of honour for Aerophilia 2016, took a session on ‘Interactive Workshop on Product Design and Systems Engineering’ for first year students. Students were given a fun oriented session on design, ideate, prototype and testing where they had to detect a problem and come up with a technical solution. They also focused on various factors to be considered while designing a product and gave a brief picture on system engineering domain. The session gave students a clear picture on how to approach the practical implementation of a solution.
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Industry Experts Interact with MBA Students in Exclusive Workshop
 Ms. Pratiksha Pai, Chartered Accountant, currently practicing as a partner in M/S S. S. Nayak & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Bengaluru, engaged a session on finance specialization. She said that choosing a specialization must be completely based on the passion for the subject and strong determination and planning. She asked the students to focus on their academics and shape their dreams by sheer hard work. In her presentation she referred to a few famous personalities who grew up in difficulties but made it to great heights through continuous perseverance, positive attitude and hard work and asked students to walk the same path. She also spoke on alternative employment opportunities i.e., to reap the benefits of “Start Up India” initiative by Government of India. She said that the current generation has the capability of creating more job opportunities for others rather than being only a job seeker. India can move towards being a developed nation soon if all the youth work towards it.
Mr. Deepak K Rao, Founder-Director, Simplus Financial Consultancy Limited, Bengaluru, in his session briefed the students on the various expectations of corporate from a MBA finance graduate. He said that mere selection of specialization would not be enough instead one must work towards their personality in order to meet the requirements of the current organizations. He gave some insight into the difference between education and the current education system and explained the gap that exists therein. He asked the students to be self- motivated and energetic to achieve their dreams. He gave a brief on how money multiplies and the nuances of management of money and Investment Management.
Mr. Sajan Chowta, an alumnus of Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management and Business Analyst with MResult Services Pvt Ltd, Mangalore, asked students to be very clear on their choice of specialization as that would be a turning point in their lives and not to get influenced or coaxed by the decisions that other people take. He also gave them a brief idea on the reality of the job market and stressed on the areas where one could excel by taking up MBA finance specialization.
 Ms. Anushree Rai, an HR Executive, Cognizant, Mangalore, enlightened students on the real work scenario in HR domain. She was instrumental in sharing the step by step process of an HR function and highlighted the various opportunities available in HR, from which aspirants can choose from. She gave an insight about the various areas related to HR – Recruitment & Selection, On-boarding, Induction, HR Business Partner, Talent Development (Learning & Development), Talent Deployment and so on.
She also emphasised that individuals aspiring to be an HR should be polished in speaking and cannot make remarks upfront. They should be a good listener, empathise and should be well acquainted with new technologies in HR.
 Mr. Zeeshan Ramlan, Lead HR, Infosys, Mangalore, a recipient of Special Recognition award conferred by Kris Gopalakrishna (Ex-CEO of Infosys) for his contributions in promoting culture and people engagement at Infosys, shed light on the HR profession and its challenges. He is also the founder of NGO - “Ramlans Charitable Trust”®, which works for less fortunate people in the society. He highlighted that HR is a one-point of contact, which is responsible for all functions from Recruitment to Exit of an employee.
He emphasised that an individual seeking a career in HR should be compassionate, should possess leadership ability, take risks and rough decisions. He introduced the students to the key areas of an HR domain – Employee Engagement, Attrition Control, Compensation & Benefits, Disciplinary Issues etc., He urged the students to be proficient in technology as HR process is completely digitalized.
Ms. Prajwala Preema Rodrigues, Head of the HR Department, SCS Hospital Pvt Ltd, Mangalore, is an alumna of Sahyadri MBA. She is the point of contact for end-to-end Human Resource related functions in the current role. In her session, she shared the importance of being humble and also being a perpetual learner since she learnt a lot from her colleagues and supervisors. She emphasised that communication skills is the prime requirement of which listening skills is the priority. She highlighted that an HR should posses Emotional Intelligence which includes Self-Reflection, Self-Regulation, Self-Motivation, Empathy and Social Skills. She urged the students to take part in all management fests and student development activities conducted by the faculties which gives an exposure and makes an individual a right fitment in the industry.
Students raised multiple questions which will assist them in choosing their specialization and the key resource persons clarified all doubts by sharing real life scenarios.
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Four prizes for Sahyadrians in Srishti-State level project competition
  
64 students of Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management participated in the project exhibition and paper presentations at Srishti 2016 a State level project competition conducted by ABVP. Faculty members Mr. Rakshith Shetty, Ms. Ashutha, Ms. Bianca Baby and Ms. Biniya Binoy accompanied the students. Sahyadrians bagged 4 prizes in the various events conducted at Srishti 2016.
The First place was bagged by Jeethan Grinal Rodrigues, third year Civil Engineering for his technical paper presentation on `To develop a low cost water filter to remove arsenic impurities in rural north Karnataka districts’ under the guidance of Dr. Gautham Jeppu. The Second place went to Pavithree B Shetty, Sneha V Kamath, Supraja, Sherlin Niel Pinto, Shree Krishna and Sanath R Kashyap students of second year Electronics & Communication engineering in Aviskhar (SPSS 2nd year BE project) in IoT section for their project titled, `Automated City Using IoTs’ under the guidance of Mr. Harisha A, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering.
In Aviskhar (SPSS inter-disciplinary project) in the agricultural section, Harsha Rama Bhat, second year Mechanical Engineering and Swarna Sagarika, second year Electronics & Communication Engineering bagged the second place for their project titled, `Smart portable powder sprayer for agriculture purpose” under the guidance of Prof. Prasanna Kumar C, Associate Professor, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering. In technical paper presentation for Computer Science section, Dhanush P Shetty, Ashmitha J Rodrigues and Bishwas Mishra, fourth year Computer Science students won the Second place for their project titled, `Enhancement to Improve the Experience of Hand Button Interaction in a Virtual Flight Simulator using Augmented Reality’.
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Dr. Pavana Prabhakar addresses Sahyadrians
Dr. Pavana Prabhakar is Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso. She is the daughter of Dr. D. L. Prabhakara, Director, Sahyadri Educational Institutions. She addressed a student audience of the first year, third year mechanical and civil students on the `Road map to higher studies in US, her own professional growth as a lead example.’
Dr. Pavana Prabhakar earned her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, an M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering (Structures), University of California, Berkeley, B.Tech. Civil and Environmental Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka. She has received several honours and awards and her research papers have been published in international journals. She is a reviewer of many journals. She has received external funding of Rs. 8 crores for the many projects that she is currently involved in. She was recently awarded the “Best Young Researcher” by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), The United States of America.
In her inspiring talk to the students she said that professional development calls for excellence in education, a minimum cutoff–current aggregate 70% and higher in UG, minimum cutoff in GRE and TOEFL which varies from university to university. She further emphasized that most people stop when they achieve this but these parameters account for only 40% ; but the rest comes from various other achievements such as participation in varied competitions of IEEE/ASME/ASCE and many other associations through mini projects, paper presentations, leadership role in organizing events, involvement in all college activities at different levels, giving 100% in whatever you do and in the end, professional excellence in all endeavors that you undertake. But she cautioned that these achievements are not only for higher studies but in every venture that one undertakes, be it placements, becoming an entrepreneur or in academics what counts in the long run is the professional value that you add to your profile.
She applauded the institution for providing all the opportunities and avenues to achieve this value addition especially the Hands-on experience laboratories, Centre of Excellence established in Research and support of Dreamers, clubs like Challengers, SAE BAJA, Oratocrats, and many more. Added to that she said that the startup companies’ effort is commendable and others should fall in line with them.
She is keen to help anyone seeking opportunity abroad, writing proposals, research avenues, technical assistance in her areas of expertise and can be contacted on [email protected]
Student members of Sahyadri Entrepreneurship Cell attend workshop
The student members of the Sahyadri Entrepreneurship Cell visited IIM- Bangalore to attend the workshop on "Software as a Service" (SaaS). The workshop included keynote speeches from 4 founders of startups with valuations between 50-100 million USD with SaaS at the core of their business model.
Karthik Ramakrishnan and Aman Agarwal of Whattabiz, P.Sanjay, Kaushal Jogi and Satyajeeth Prabhu of Samaroham Creations and Naresh Bhat and Rajan K of HostZyro attended the half day workshop which proved to be an inspiration for them, as well as a platform for them to network and exhibit their services.
They also visited the well renowned incubation center of IIM Bangalore, NSRCEL and interacted with Mr. Aakarsh Naidu, the coordinator and all the startups being incubated in the campus to understand the do’s and dont's for any startup susceptible to heavy competition in a metropolitan environment like Bengaluru.
VGST project successfully demonstrated during DySP training
Dr. Ananth Prabhu, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering conducted training on "Intelligent Cyber Crime Technologies" for new batch of DySP officers at Karnataka Police Academy, Mysore . After the training the newly joined DySP officers were given live demonstration of the VGST project "Development of New Technology for Identification of Criminals across Age Groups And Age Progression Using Composite Sketches". All the DySP officers highly appreciated the research work of Sahyadri and they promised to validate this project for identifying criminals at their respective stations. This VGST project was developed by Mr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering along with B.E and M.Tech. students of SCEM.
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Outgoing students of Mechanical Engineering bid farewell
FLAMES, the student association of the Department of Mechanical Engineering held its valedictory and farewell for the outgoing students of the department.The Chief Guest, Dr. U. M. Bhushi, Principal, in his address eulogised the association for its work and through an anecdote gave some advice to the outgoing students. Prof. S. S. Balakrishna,Vice-Principal and the Guest of Honor, wished all the outgoing students a bright future. Head of the Department Prof Mahesh B. Davangeri in his presidential address appreciated the students for their hard work in academics as well as extra-curricular activities. Prof Umashankar, Dean-Academics also spoke on the occasion.
The outgoing students shared their experience of their years spent in Sahyadri. The achievers in academics and extra-curricular activities were felicitated. After the formal function a cultural program with games entertained the gathering.
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Faculty members judge annual exhibition project
Mr. Sharathchandra N R and Mr. Savidhan Shetty C S, Assistant Professors, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, were invited as external judges for the annual project exhibition for final year BE students at Sridevi Institute of Technology, Kenjar, Mangalore .
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Guest Talk for MBAs
Mr. Vinayak Shet, an advocate who has completed his Masters in Business Law from National Law School of India University, Bangalore spoke to the students of 1st year MBA on the topic Business Law in General and Sale of Goods Act 1930 in specific. He conducted an interactive session urging students to share their thoughts and understanding about business law.
He gave an insight into Contract, Difference between Valid, Void and Implied contract and the Essential Elements of Contract. He also gave a detailed lecture on Sale of Goods Act. His lecture covered the topics like Sale, Agreement to Sale, Conditions and Warranties, Express and Implied conditions, Doctrine of Caveat Emptor and Rights and Duties of unpaid seller.
In his talk he gave a lot of examples to explain on which conditions sale of goods act is applicable and where it is not applicable. He highlighted that the grievance regarding guarantee/warranty can be better dealt by Consumer Protection Act rather than Sale of Goods Act.
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Col Prashant Petkar, Director, Army Recruiting Office briefs students on recruitment to Indian Army
Col Prashant Petkar, Director, Army Recruiting Office, visited the campus and oriented the second year B.E. students on the recruitment to the Indian Army. He briefed the students regarding the upcoming UES - University Entry Scheme for which students are eligible to apply.
Candidates studying in the pre-final of the engineering course in recognized Universities/Institution/Colleges will be eligible to apply but must possess the education qualification at the time of joining training. On completion of training they will be commissioned in the rank of Lieutenant. Screening test will be held in the respective Command HQ. Preliminary selection of prospective candidates studying in the Pre-Final Year (Engineering) will be made by a selection team detailed by Command HQ for holding preliminary interviews at University/ College.
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Sahyadrians Recruited by Aris Global Software
Pooja Naik from the Department of Computer Science & Engineering and Amrutha P. from the Department of Information Science & Engineering have been selected by Aris Global Software Pvt. Ltd. in the recently held campus recruitment drive.
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